Bank safety device



juiy 3, 1923.

1,460,534? c. A. HONSINGER BANK SAFETY DEVICE Filed Feb. 9, 1920 PATENT CHARLES A. HONSINGER, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

F -,BANK SAFETY DEVICE.

Application filed February 9, 1920. Serial 1%. 357,191.

To all whom it my come'm:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. HON- smenn, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Bank Safety Devices, of which the followin is a specification, reference being had t e'rein to the accompanying drawings This invention relates to window and counter construction for banking institutions and such places where money and valuables are handed back and forth from one side of the counter to the other. Such institutions are often robbed and moneys procured from under the windows, the robbers escaping before the cashier or teller can send in an alarm.

The main object of m invention is to provide a bullet proof win ow or partition with novel coin ways which will permit of coins, bills and other papers being passed back and forth, without any danger of moneys bei unlawfully obtained by a person outside the windows slipping the hand under the window without detection.

Another object of my invention. is to provide a counter and wicket construction which will prevent robbers from placing a gun under the wicket and aiming the same.

A further object of my invention is to provide a window and counter construction for banks which will present a neat appearance, not interfere with usual banking operations, and at the same time afford a degree of safety for the employees of a bank.

The above and other objects are obtained by a mechanical construction that will be hereinafter considered and then claimed,

and reference will now be had to the drawing, whereinigure 1 is a pers ective view of a window and counter provi ed with deal boxes.

Figure .2 is a cross sectional view of a POIlZlOIl of the counter having deal passages, an

Figure 3 is a perspective view showing a modification.

Considerin Figures 1 and 2, the counter 1 is provide with a suitable partition 2 made of heavy plate glass, wire glam and metal, or an material which will retard or deflect abu let. The partition has a window 3 and above the window is a bullet roof anel 4, which may be located at any esire point (Figum 1 showing it in one location and Figures 2 and 3 showin it in a diflerent location) and which may e arranged so that it can be swung inwardly to an open position when it is desired to pass bulky matter over the counter; otherwise the panel 4 is locked so as to protect the cashier, teller or clerk behind the counter. Mounted on the counter 1, in the window 3, are deal boxes 5 and 6, one being the reverse of the other so that money may be passed back and forth through the window. The deal boxes are identical in construction and are placed side by side with a partition 7 common to both boxes. The box 5 provides an inclined way 8 which has its upper edge in a plane with the upper edge of the panel 4, as best shown in Figure 2, so that it will not be easy for a person outside of the window to insert a gun in the pamage way 8 and aim the gun at a person behind the counter. The arrangement of the passage ways are such as not to interfere with the deposit of money in the upper ends thereof, and the money will readily slide under the window to a place convenient to the cashier.

Considering the box 6, it will be noted that this box presents an abrupt shoulder right inside of the window which will interfere with the aiming of a gun barrel or the turning of a hand orarm under the window for aiming purposes. The box. will permit of the cashier droppin money under the window so that it will side outwardly to a customer at the outer side of thecounter.

Instead of attaching the deal boxes for the counter, as in Fig. 1, I may form a counter 9 with parallel deal passages 10, and the protecting panel or partition 4 may have its lower edge countersunk in the counter. The deal pa$ages will be restrictedby the lower edge of the panel to such an extent that a gun barrel cannot be successfully aimed or manipulated in the passage 8 to cause any uneasiness of a cashier or clerk behind a counter.

It is thought that the utility of my invention will be apparent without further descri tion, and while in the drawing there are illustrated the preferred embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that the construction is susceptible to such chan es as fall within the scope of the appen ed claim.

What I claim is In a structure for the protection of tellers, a counter, a partition thereabove between teller and customer, a vertically-extending member positioned relative to the counter to provide a space for the passage of funds, etc, means operative to set up one-way passage conditions in opposite directions within such space, said means including a passageway'forma-tion having its exit end on the customer side of the member, the portion of the passageway on the opposite or entrance side of the member having its bottom wall contour curved upwardly, the plane of the entrance end of such passageway being above the bottom of the vertically-extending member, the curvature 1 of the upwardly-curved wall and the distance between the wall and ,the verticallyextending member on the plane of the entrance end of the passageway being such that unimpeded discharge of a fire rm in said pamageway is limited to a generally vertical direction.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES A. HONSIN GER. WVitne'sses:

KARL H. BUTLER, ANNA M. Dorm. 

